A tall man with spiky white hair and an eye patch over his right
eye stood in front of a large class. "All right!" the man said.
"Since this is the first day, we'll start with some easy stuff, like the
basics of ninjutsu. Turn in your books to page-"
Just then, Chojuro ran into the room, exclaiming, "I'm so sorry I'm
late, I got lost!" The entire class burst into laughter, to which
Chojuro's face flushed with embarrassment.
"That's no excuse for tardiness, young man! You should have gotten
directions from a teacher!" the man scolded.
"B-but, there was no one-"
"Enough! Now what's your name?" he asked.
"Chojuro, sir," Chojuro replied.
Very well then, Chojuro. You will address me as Ao-senpai.
Understood?" said Ao.
Chojuro nodded weakly. Ao scanned the classroom for a moment,
then said,
"Since there are no other open seats, you will be seated
next to Suigetsu."
He pointed to the desk next to the white-haired
boy who had been rude to him earlier that day. Reluctantly, Chojuro
sat down next to Suigetsu. Midway through class, Suigetsu threw a
wad of paper at his head when Ao wasn't looking. Chojuro unfolded
the paper to find that it had a picture of Suigetsu beating Chojuro
up, and had several derogative words surrounding Chojuro, like "four-
eyes" and "nerd". Chojuro looked up at Suigetsu, who only sneered
at him. Chojuro sighed. It was going to be a long year.
End-Part 1
By Rei-chan
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